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Monday, October 13, 2008

How Can Water Help You Lose Weight!

You want to lose weight and you want to lose it as quick as possible so how does water affect your success? Find out more below.

Water plays a big part in our lives. You are made of as much as 70% to 75% water. That means you are more water then anything else. Why so much water? Water is essential to proper body functions like flushing toxins out of your body, transporting nutrients, lubricates and cushions your organs, helps with digestion, helps you metabolize fat and assists in maintaining your body temperature.

Now that is just the broad range of areas of what water does for you. If you wanted to dig deeper then you would discover the finer points of all that water does for you body.

Each of the aspects that water helps with is very important but the ones you probably should be aware of are the metabolizing of fat and the flushing of toxins and transporting nutrients. These are all essential to your weight loss goals.

As you lose weight you want to be sure you are getting the essential nutrients you need and water help this happen. But you do have to put them in your body. The ability to help you get ride of the toxins as the weight comes off is also important. But what you really want is the help in metabolizing the fat you want to say goodbye too.

Drinking enough water is essential to help you lose weight. How much water? You will find it best for you body to drink at least 8 times per day with at least 8 ounces of water. You should drink at least this amount. If you are active or larger you will likely need more then this. Some people drink a gallon of water a day. When you start uping your water intake you will want to do it slowly.

The best way to get the water down is to have a bottle or jug of water with you during the day and keep sipping from it all day. This keeps a constant supply of water in your system. Drinking this much water will actually help you not retain water. Yes it will get ride of any extra water as you are now giving it all it needs.

Go grab a glass of water and get started ensuring that you get the water you need.